young women Flashcards
who contolled an athenian woman?
a kyrios, which would be her father or husband or the man in charge of her.
why would a girl be a greater strain on family resources?
as a boy can grow up to work in the family buisness, and a girl would require a dowry to be married.
what was leaving a baby outside the city called and why was it not seen as immoral?
leaving a baby outside the city was called exposure, and it was not seen as immoral as it was believed that if the gods wished they could save it.
How long would an athenian marriage ceremony last?
3 days, including a procession, feasts, the couple spending the night together with there friends outside
what are the two types of marriage in rome?
cum manu (with hand) and sine manu (without hand)
what arethe three types of wedding ceremony in rome?
coemptio, confarreatio, and usus
what happened at a contemptio wedding ceremony?
the bride is symbolically sold to her husband, the husband would hold set of scales and the brides parterfamilias would place a single coin representing her dowry, a contemptio ceremony was only for cum manu weddings
what happened at a confarreatio wedding ceremony?
this was only for patrician class families and involved an offering to jupiter, presided over by romes cheif preist and a womncalled the pronuba, this type of ceremony was only used for cum manu ceremonies.
what happened at a usus wedding ceremony?
there is no formal ceremony but the couple simply declared that they were married howevervthey would still celebrate the marriage.
